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Frankie TAGGART

US House Republicans Hold Vote To Impeach Homeland Security Chief

US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, pictured at a Senate hearing in November 2023, has described the impeachment push as "baseless" (Credit: AFP)

US lawmakers will vote Tuesday on impeaching Joe Biden's immigration chief over the border crisis, a hugely unusual maneuver seen by Democrats as a political provocation ahead of November's presidential election.

The move has been led by hardline Republicans in the House of Representatives who have been targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for months over a surge in illegal entries across the southern border.

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